FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. — A bill introduced in the North Carolina legislature is taking aim at domestic violence offenders.
House Bill 41, also known as Allison’s Law, would establish a pilot program in Forsyth County to allow the use of a GPS tracking device on a person who has committed acts of domestic violence.
The bill lists many points that could be up for discussion, such as whether the victim’s location would be monitored and tracked, as well as the offender’s location.
The bill states offenders may be responsible for the costs associated with the use of the device. You can read the bill in its entirety below:
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department reported domestic violence accounted for 21 murders of the 85 in 2017.
Already in 2019, domestic violence is claiming more lives in the community.
CMPD is calling the deaths 15-year-old Jenna Hewitt and 51-year-old Matthew Chaplin a domestic violence case after police said the gunman, 23-year-old John Bocek, wanted to be in a relationship with Chaplin’s daughter and wouldn’t take no for an answer.
"It can be one of the most dangerous times,” Lisa Verrier-Christy, an advocate for survivors of domestic violence told NBC Charlotte in February. “Especially when a victim is saying no repeatedly, that's when stalking can play into it, that's when harassment can come into it.”